Read article 'More than just a conference'
The European Particle Accelerator Conference, EPAC, has developed a distinctive role on the world stage, explains Christine Petit-Jean-Genaz, the EPAC conferences coordinator.
Read article 'Symmetry and Modern Physics: Yang Retirement Symposium'
This book contains a selection of the papers presented at the symposium, including contributions from such luminaries as Freeman Dyson, Martinus Veltman, Gerard 't Hooft and Maurice Goldhaber.
Read article 'High Magnetic Fields: Science and Technology, Volumes 1 and 2'
These are the first two volumes of a three-volume set intended to provide a comprehensive review of experiments in very strong magnetic fields, which can be generated only with special magnets.
Read article 'Renormalization Methods: A Guide For Beginners'
Occupying a gap between standard undergraduate and more advanced texts on quantum field theory, this book covers a range of renormalization methods, including mean-field theories and high-temperature ...
Read article 'Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Volume 2'
Subtitled "QCD and the Electroweak Theory", this is the second volume of the third edition of a highly successful textbook, which has now been substantially enlarged and updated.
Read article 'The Cold Wars – A History of Superconductivity'
Gordon Fraser reviews in 2004 The Cold Wars - A History of Superconductivity.
Read article 'La physique du XXe siècle'
Sophie Della Mussia reviews in 2004 La physique du XXe siècle.
Read article 'Neutrino Physics'
Klaus Blaum reviews in 2004 Neutrino Physics.
Read article 'The W and Z at LEP'
The Large Electron Positron collider made significant contributions to the process of establishing the Standard Model as the basis for matter and forces, and also built a platform for physics scenario...
Read article 'The W and Z particles: a personal recollection'
Pierre Darriulat, who was spokesperson for the UA2 collaboration between 1978 and 1985, looks back at the events surrounding the discovery of the W and Z particles at CERN in 1983.
